Tag Archives: Personal Injury

The trial court correctly ruled that plaintiff was not entitled to no-fault coverage because under the relevant statutes, he was the “owner” of the vehicle he was driving and had not purchased insurance.

Even if some of the trial court’s evidentiary rulings were erroneous, plaintiff is not entitled to relief because the jury never reached the issues of proximate cause or damages in this medical malpractice claim.

Plaintiff’s medical malpractice claim was correctly dismissed because she lacked support for her theory that her jaw was fractured by an anesthesiologist and there was other evidence that the fracture was instead caused by an impacted wisdom tooth.

Defendant was entitled to summary disposition of plaintiff’s premises liability claim because the condition that caused her to fall — a deteriorating curb in a parking lot — was an open and obvious condition.

The trial court used an incorrect standard when it ruled plaintiff’s causation expert in this medical malpractice case could not testify regarding linkage between defendants’ used of a dental etching solution and the onset of plaintiff’s autoimmune disease.

Defendants’ failure to provide plaintiff with his complete medical records allowed him to furnish an affidavit of merit within 91 days after he filed his medical malpractice complaint under MCL 600.2912d(3).

Evidence of plaintiff’s occasional use of her husband’s uninsured vehicle creates a material dispute whether she was an owner of the vehicle and therefore ineligible for personal injury protection benefits from the insurer assigned to her claim.